set up in the middle of nowhere where we got this area very controlled you have to be a member of the cartel to be here if you're not you're in danger we're covered by radios and lookouts the only threats from the armed forces the police they say have already been told. they're all sorted out we've made an arrangement even so there's danger he hopes divine help ward off the old tripoli's n'est few years imagining consuming me in product tents no can stop you breathing within minutes everyone we talked to knows of the danger to uses for the water business comes first and then the weather this drug trafficker told us he worried the fentanyl boom could actually damage businesses so in the long term before i think phenyl is going to cause a problem because there's so many use the deaths there will come a moment when the federal government's going to put more and more blocks on this and it will be a lot tougher to do business. in a lower as police chief says his force is already working with u.s.

agencies to do just that on the day of a visit they just made that first fence and taking thousands of pills the chinese government's also acting they've now banned the drug that will make it harder from its can gangsters to get their hands on it but then notorious for always finding a way. to think that the organized crime groups who are behind all of this will stay with their arms crossed would be very in adequate so we intend to keep on the lookout and make sure we adapt to any changes in changes could be coming traffickers told us the cartels are exploring how to make fence a new from scratch if they do get control of the entire supply line it spells bad news for those fighting the epidemic on the u.s. side john homan does it or similar. sanctions banning u.s. companies from buying venezuelan oil have now come into force the economic impact make it even harder for the president nicolas maduro his government to import food stuffs alaska. the scene now reports from in the north central area of

venezuela. the emblematic sugar refinery of venezuela's valley hasn't been processing locally grown sugarcane for at least two years francisco center explains that the source of the problem is homegrown. producers non-printing cane and so we're importing brown sugar from brazil and nicaragua which we move from and to white sugar. you'll is a historic town it was where the spaniards established venezuela's first capital in the sixteenth century. it's a first child valley where the sugarcane industry was king. it's sad to see what's become of. the mother city of venezuela. everything you see there to live photos was sugarcane they've planted limon trees now but they're dying because there are no pesticides. under former president hugo chavez the refinery was taken

over by the state followed by price controls the producers say made growing cane unprofitable now some farmers plant grass for livestock. or raise goats. the socialist government agrarian revolution was supposed to make venezuela self-sufficient in food but it hasn't turned out that way these were the workers quarters in what was another sugar plantation in this area like much of an israel is most fertile land it was appropriated by the state divided up and the distributed to the local community but as you can see it has been abandoned. today than israel imports almost everything people eat including rice beans pasta and corn flour distributed in government subsidized food boxes but they're not enough to buy in the last two years the san francisco churches. has been the salvation for

up to six hundred people of all ages they're not here to pray but to get a meager meal of rice and beans soup the only thing most here will eat all day and we are used to live off the sugarcane industry but there's no supplies everything is in chaos. now faced with crippling u.s. commercial and financial sanctions the government is again talking about making local food production a priority it's a goal that's alluded them for the last twenty years but one that is more urgent than ever. to see in human i just see it in this way that. now for the first time in more than two hundred years of having a monarchy in japan an emperor is abdicating eighty five year old akihito has been on the throne for more than thirty years but on tuesday he'll step aside for his eldest son crown prince not a he took. from tokyo. it's been eight years since the earthquake and tsunami

which changed the lives of so many people here. as home was destroyed that day and while he finds it difficult to put it behind him there's one moment he clings to. the emperor and empress came in you walked over to where i was knelt. must have been difficult for you i will never forget his words. the eighty three year old says meeting the imperial couple in an evacuation center gave him the strength to rebuild his life akihito his compassionate response to the disaster became one of the defining moments of his reign say for those affected by this terrible tragedy i feel deeply pain. akihito succeeded his father in one nine hundred eighty nine and spent much of his reign trying to address the legacy of japan's actions in world war two but the emperor holds no

political power and he's stepping down as the prime minister wants to revise japan's pacifist constitution to allow for a military instead of what it calls a self-defense force it's also believed that the emperor is it all it's with the government over the very future of his family the imperial family is generally regarded as fairly liberal but it's still a male dominated institution only men from the male line of the family can become emperor and the family has no power to change that it has to come from the government. wants not all he told becomes emperor there are only three men left in line one of them is eighty three. women who can dunk they have only been female emperors from a male line in the past and there has never been a female line emperor we should talk about this it may mean changing tradition but we have to be flexible and reflect modern day society at fifty nine. one of

a new breed of royals and may relate to a different generation some of whom question the relevance. the relevance. from time to time. he wore when he met the. opinion polls but the transition will raise more questions about the family's future and where the more change will come to in. tokyo.

claim to support yourself thank you very much at peace hello kevin durant's put in another huge performance for the golden state warriors in the n.b.a. playoffs the champions that winning the opening game of their second round series against the houston rockets drowned full of his fifty point display against the clippers a few days ago by scoring thirty five staff cari though that scored the vital bucket three point to opening a five point lead in the final minute the warriors hanging on an all clear and final score hundred four two hundred they're looking to win it third championship and. and the boston celtics beat the milwaukee bucks in game one

of the second round series the bugs that were the best teams in the regular season but could do little to stop boston's current irving who's got twenty six points only walt is home court final four hundred twelve to ninety eight faustian. i thought i thought the group started the game. got good looks played well together and then started the second half really well together. well just a month out from the cricket world cup the host england to have access to one of their big names alex hales hales is currently serving a three week abana after testing positive for non performance enhancing drug hales was previously sanctioned for his spot in the street brawl involving england teammate ben stokes and back in two thousand and seventeen. czech republic. has died off the road accident at the age of twenty eight the striker who played for turkish team allianz ball suffered fatal injuries that when

a minibus carrying him and six other teammates crashed while overturning a from a match on sunday the club chairman has claimed the tragic accident happened as a result of the drive a falling asleep police are investigating the fatal crash. livable defender verse eleven dica has been named player of the year by his fellow professionals in england the twenty seven year old becomes the fourth dutchman to win the accolade and i joined liverpool from southampton in january last year liverpool still have a chance of winning the premier league and the champions league titles at this season. i think the whole season i've been feeling great. we've been winning many games we've competed we are competing with man city for the for the title. and obviously i think the most important thing is to stay fit and play comes consistent as well and i think i've been doing up pretty well this season. as

they would with all the help of my team mates would be it would have been possible and you know we just we have just to keep going and carry on and. yeah i'm feeling good by munich have dropped points as they look to win seven league title in a row they drew one one against seventeenth and placed on having gone behind an operating byron level they were lucky to escape with a draw missing in injury time penalty the result leaves by and two points ahead of dortmund. we know how to deal with other those games in the last. period of the season and we all know that we have. chances to win the championship i will do everything to to be successful real madrid have lost a tenth league match of the season the most they've suffered in a campaign for a decade they were beaten one nail by league

a second the balsam side connell. everything was wrong there was none of that we were not in the one on one battles we weren't running there are games where you have difficulties for whatever reason playing against opponents the run more than you and make things difficult for us but we didn't do anything in the n.h.l. playoffs a colorado avalanche survived a real scare against san jose sharks in their second round series the avalanche were trailing in the second period and were at risk of going to nail down and the series well they managed to come back the tyson virus called the tie breaking goal and recorded two assists to leave the colorado to four three. and the carolina hurricanes have taken it to nothing lead in the second round series against the new york islanders a war no focal and you know it or if they're scored forty eight seconds apart and if the hurricanes to a two one victory. and that's before we hand it back to peter thanks very much when

we come back another so the break will take live updates on all the top stories including the aftermath of the spanish election result and the two sides talking in sudan we will see you in a couple of minutes apart from. one of the richest philanthropists in the world renowned financing endeavors to eradicate some of the worst diseases bill gates talks to al-jazeera about his foundation's goals and on says those who are critical. on al-jazeera. it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in due time tiger's next ball astri seems to defy gravity every piece of the news is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness but it became a democracy in two thousand and eight the time put happiness at the center of all

political policy. sparring the u.n. to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow putin's example but how do you measure it. it's a nice happiness is but when sure it's if it is quantifiable but by simply turning its pursuit into policy time has done what no other country has. i mean you want to get down to the nitty gritty the reality whether on line when you have a male chauvinist that is planned with the entire global federation it is really hard to get a piece of that or if you join that sunset. their mind this is a dialogue everyone has a voice to talk to us and i live here to chat and you too can be in the street join the conversation on al-jazeera. in a world where journalism as an industry is changing and fortunate to be able to

continue to expand to continue to have that passenger drive and present the stories in a way that is important to our viewers. everyone has a story worth hearing. and cover those that are often ignored we don't weigh our coverage towards one particular region or continent that's why i joined al-jazeera . a win for spain socialist but they will need coalition partners to govern. watching also see our ally from go also coming up he says one of two men held on suspicion of spying for the u.a.e. has taken his own life in prison. talks between sudan's ruling military and the

opposition when. start with more discussions the transition to civilian government . or a meeting of afghan elders begins in kabul to discuss ongoing efforts for a peace deal with the taliban is not. spain's governing socialists a picked up the most seats in the elections on sunday however with nearly all the votes counted it looks like they won't have enough for an outright working majority and for the first time a far right party is to enter the parliament let's go live now to the spanish capital and our correspondent stephanie decker. unpack the numbers for us because it's a complicated picture here. this is a complicated picture of the ruling coalition that say the majority would be one hundred seventy six seats in the three hundred fifty seat house now the socialist

party hasn't won enough to do that they need to get into coalition with one more more other parties it's not looking likely that it's going to be the centrist right however again this is what political analysts say it's what the the political message has been from both sides potentially with the left wing party. and then maybe and crucially with the catalan independence parties or at least will need their support within parliament so that makes it difficult why because we know that one of the main issues of this election had been the catalan issue it's not going away peter you've got twelve leaders on trial here in madrid if the government is dependent on these groups there will need to be concessions negotiations yes the socialists said that they will talk to them but what the catalans want is a government sanctioned referendum that's going to be very difficult potentially a pardon for those on trial at the moment but i think either sanchez is going to have a hard time ahead it is going to take some weeks before we know what shape this coalition

is going to take whether he can even form one but everyone we've been speaking to at the moment do think that he'll manage to do that but it is going to be a fractious coalition does this take the heat of the questions hanging over the future of counseling or not. well i think to boil it down to a basic aunts are two that is that the fact that the socialists have been voted in means that the voters wanted to have a more lenient approach if you will to the catalonia issue even though many who voted left are firmly against any form of secession but certainly the message from the right was that they would take away their autonomy that would impose. essentialist rule over the area they would potentially be far more strict on those in prison at the moment on trial so this opens the way for dialogue for negotiations but it is something that divides this country very much so peter down the middle really and i think also all eyes need to be on this choice i mean just

yesterday you had the main catalonian independence party winning fifteen seats while their leader has been in prison for two years in on trial here in madrid he's the main defendant in this trial so these are very complicated issues it's also really brought us to where we are today because the now next prime minister refused to allow an independent referendum on catalonia which meant that the catalonian parties that refused to polish his budget which is why we had early elections being called so these things are all linked it makes politics difficult and it makes it of course a huge challenge for the prime minister who is quite new but i think he's now been given a mandate by the people and that's wait and see what he can deliver stephanie thank you. he says a man held on suspicion of spying for the u.a.e. has hanged himself in prison istanbul's prosecutor says her son's body was found in the silvery to prison he was charged alongside another suspect earlier this month they were accused of monitoring arab citizens on behalf of the u.a.e. has more now from istanbul. palestinian nationalism was arrested by the turkish

police with one of his friends and the turkish police said that they have confessed to have been spying on be helpful the united arab emirates and turkey for a while the i.r.s. that happened after following a couple of months of technical surveillance by the turkish intelligence on those people intelligence followed those two are out nationals for a couple of months and when they contacted a suspect who's name is on the investigation file of murder intelligence warned the turkish police and they arrested those two people according to the security sources and uncle they believe that. between turkey and egypt turkey and u.a.e. and turkey and saudi arabia have been strained mainly following the military coup in egypt in two thousand and thirteen those three countries have lost their intelligence gathering capacity and tricky and that's why and now they are trying to. build up and maybe intelligence work and this is what the turkish

security believe in ankara right now and that's why they say they think that the united arab emirates is using other out nationals to spy inside truth to you what we have learned so far is that these people were here to follow up with what nationals what they are doing how they are living mainly muslim brotherhood members who have. most of whom have moved to turkey following the military coup in egypt in two thousand and thirteen and a press statement. today suggested that. the who has killed himself on sunday in his solitary confinement was found by the warden. early morning hours. he hanged himself in the door using his clothes right now an investigation is under way and. and autopsy on his body has been done

earlier i spoke to mahomet challenge he's the managing editor of the daily sabah an english language newspaper in turkey he said the deaths further complicates the political tensions between turkey and the united arab emirates i think it's significant for this for the fact that to ino you know will not be able to gather further information. on one on their motivations or or what sort of. aimed a had in turkey in terms of political implications i think it's also important because the you we will you know will try to use this against turkey based on its already existing rivalry in studies but you know they did this is not something that will serve this is this is not a message that will really serve to turkey's interest least of all we did find out right after they were arrested that. these two individuals were at work

to build some sort of an anti to ease structure this is some of the information that we have received. from our sources an attack on a protestant church in bikini faso has left six people dead gunman shot five worshipers and a pastor as they were leaving a service in the small northern town of soul god recently there's been a surge in attacks tributed to armed groups based in the north. talks between the opposition groups in sudan and the military are two to resume the two sides will meet after announcing the formation of a joint council on sunsetting night it'll leave the country until elections are held let's bring in mohammed to correspondent in khartoum so mohammed have these talks now started and finished and if they have more to be achieved. the latest to a hearing is that. with him and. we would

have thought that constitutional of saddam to see whether it will give them any guidance on the best way forward in forming that transitional joint. they had a good lead up on about. eight hours a goal of schools that have been so many sticking points including the dudish the joint a transitional console is going to rule the country before elections will be organized they will also applaud the heads of all who want to hollow a majority stake in this council with the military fighting to do so while the protest organizers hope an odd month these hot ticket don top piece that solves all will be kept winning here. ever since president omar al bashir have been deposed asking for the military to cede power to

a civilian administration so we're looking out more protracted talks and it's not going to be an easy one from the no call vittles calls no one expected it to be easy but the saying that will stay here no mater what happens up until they see some sort of some loss of a civilian administration. does that mean the protesters i guess feel even more frustrated when they go through another day more talks and nothing comes out of it . yes indeed of course they have been. disappointed by the length of time it has taken sole call for the transitional military council to grant and concede to some of the demands they have been putting forward although again we must say here. of the transitional military council has been vetted. given to most of the did mom's coming from the poultice

leaders but these people are really on the help so much motivation this saying they don't want to see all of this. seeing as well and trying to take all that only to continue with the policies of president bush all. these paul says now they're saying is they want to see. to civilian rule done they will not stop but and i think there will continue to come because some of the people chanting are. standing here are saying whether it's fables all of them are we are here rooted to here like the foundation of the house thank you very much. has been heavy fighting in southern tripoli as forces loyal to the warlord holly for have to continue to attack the libyan capital his fighters have advanced and taken control of areas near the inactive international airport the tripoli based

government recognized by the u.n. says it's bringing in reinforcements to repel the attack and a telephone call by donald trump earlier this month to holly for her after offering support was angered some members of the president's own party republican senator lindsey graham described it as unnerving i don't know what the phone call to hopper was about but it had an unnerving effect on the ground i was in tunisia and the president had called hatari general from the east of libya moving on tripoli and saying thank you for helping with isis and helped our did but that phone call seems to be perceived in the region as we're picking sides. has more now from tripoli.